This week, I have a piece out in CultureStrike on transnational adoption. It’s a very personal piece and it took a lot of work to put together (thanks, Michelle!) so please give it a read. Now, back to the action. A mala (floral necklace) made of red roses, orange and yellow accent flowers. I’ve left […]
When you’re a kid, you cherry-pick the best stories about your family to make them seem grand. I’m still seduced by the tales of immediate family having hijacked trains and defected from the army, given the first contraception lessons in the village or immigrating across multiple continents. As a result, some of my own life […]
Thanksgiving is a day to eat. Thanksgiving is a day to spend time with family and friends – and to eat. To overeat, even. To express the bounty of our labor in as grandiose a way as possible. No matter how many times we are told that Thanksgiving has a different and deeper meaning, these […]
So, it’s been a crazy summer sojourn since I was last here – I have been out literally every day since school got out… it feels so strange that it was only two weeks ago, and yet every day has been so filled that it seems as if it were yesterday. Hmm.I have put graduation […]